castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 20 damaged P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground P-38J Lightning: 71 damaged P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 26 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 6 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 8 damaged P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Chokai CA Maya CA Chikuma CL Jintsu CL Naka DD Ushio DD Sazanami DD Akebono DD Oboro DD Yugiri DD Sagiri DD Ayanami DD Shirakumo DD Natsugumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Natsushio DD Hatsukaze Allied Ships xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 3 xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 2 xAK Itria, Shell hits 1 xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Etolin, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 2 xAP Varela, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 3, on fire xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Historian, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1 APA McCawley, Shell hits 1 xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage APA President Adams, Shell hits 1 APA Harris, Shell hits 1 xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1 xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 APA La Salle, Shell hits 3 xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 5, heavy damage xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2 xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1 APD King, Shell hits 3, heavy damage xAK Maldive, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Johilla, Shell hits 3, heavy damage APD Kane, Shell hits 1 xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1 xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Masula, Shell hits 2 xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1 xAK Elysia, Shell hits 2 xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1 xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1 xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1 APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Changte, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1 LCI-85, Shell hits 1 xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 945 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 89 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled Vehicles lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 40 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 5 when the Allied Navy left Diamond Harbour it became a deathtrap for the airforce... without controlling the Sea you can't control the air in an isolated region... CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Akebono firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment 217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Akebono DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 43 damaged P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground F4U-1A Corsair: 26 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground F4U-1 Corsair: 29 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground P-38H Lightning: 7 damaged P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground B-25G Mitchell: 9 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-51A Mustang: 3 damaged P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato BB Nagato CLAA Tatsuta CLAA Tenryu DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Yudachi DD Harusame DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 3 xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4, on fire AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 2, on fire APA McCawley, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 3 xAP Johilla, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 3, on fire xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1 xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1 xAK Itria, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1 xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1 xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2, on fire AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1 xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 2, on fire xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1 xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1, on fire AK Adhara, Shell hits 1 xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage APA La Salle, Shell hits 1 xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1 AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 644 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Vehicles lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled) Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 53 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 1 BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour Massive explosion on xAP Kohistan CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour not much else happening anymore... thought this tracker screenshot would be interesting though... just look at the victory points, skyrocketed by 10,000 while the enemy has scored 800 since the hostilities around Calcutta began... the enemy lost no less than 1,746 aircraft in the last two and a halve weeks, mostly on the ground at Diamond Harbour or on ships, roughly 300 carrier based aircraft were shot down the first two days... in return we've lost 632 aircraft which at the first moment was really striking me (thought it would have been way less) but there were these days where my LBA suizided into CAP plus KB and LBA losing aircraft to all causes... in the end the Allied paid a high price for our air losses as we have sunk no less than 240 ships and that's only what tracker says at the moment, I'm sure the actual losses are way higher, might be somewhere around 350 when the battle is over, including two USN BBs (prewar), a dozen Allied CA/CL and two dozen DDs... let's not forget all those APA/AKA he has lost... downside is the loss of one CA/CL and two or three DDs so far as we can replace aircraft and even pilots but we can't replace ships... to sum it up, if the end result is an orderly IJ retreat out of India then it's still a huge success... at the moment I don't even want to think about what it would mean to clear the pocket at Diamond Harbour, that would surpass insanity I guess...
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